Chinese spacecraft moves dead satellite out of GEO
Posted: Sat, Jan 29 10:39 AM ET (1539 GMT)
A Chinese satellite recently towed a defunct navigation satellite out of geostationary orbit. Data from space tracking firms show that the Shijian-21 satellite docked...

Leshin to be next director of JPL
Posted: Sat, Jan 29 10:37 AM ET (1537 GMT)
A planetary scientist and university president will be the first woman to lead NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Caltech, which operates JPL for NASA, announced...

D-Orbit to go public through SPAC merger
Posted: Sat, Jan 29 10:27 AM ET (1527 GMT)
Launch services provider D-Orbit is going public through a SPAC merger. The Italian company, which arranges rideshare launches of smallsats using its ION Satellite...

China launches SAR satelite
Posted: Sat, Jan 29 10:19 AM ET (1519 GMT)
China launched a civilian radar-imaging satellite Tuesday. A Long March 4C rocket lifted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center at 6:44 pm...

NASA identifies cause of Lucy solar array issue
Posted: Sat, Jan 29 10:16 AM ET (1516 GMT)
Engineers believe they understand why one of two solar arrays on NASA's Lucy spacecraft failed to fully deploy. One of the circular arrays, 7....

Atlas 5 launches GEO inspection satellites
Posted: Sat, Jan 22 11:03 AM ET (1603 GMT)
A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 launched a pair of space surveillance satellite for the US Space Force Friday. The Atlas 5 511 lifted off...

ABL Space Systems rocket destroyed in test
Posted: Sat, Jan 22 10:53 AM ET (1553 GMT)
A "test anomaly" destroyed the upper stage of an ABL Space Systems rocket Wednesday. An explosion took place at Mojave Air and Space Port in...

SpaceX passes 2,000 Starlink satellites launched
Posted: Sat, Jan 22 10:51 AM ET (1551 GMT)
SpaceX launched more Starlink satellites Tuesday night, bringing the total number of such satellites launched to more than 2,000. A Falcon 9 lifted off...

Satellogic raises $150 million
Posted: Sat, Jan 22 10:47 AM ET (1547 GMT)
Earth-imaging company Satellogic has raised $150 million from a fund led by former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin. The investment from Liberty Strategic Capital will...

China launches classified satellite
Posted: Sat, Jan 22 10:45 AM ET (1545 GMT)
China launched a classified satellite Jan. 16 in the country's first launch of the year. A Long March 2D lifted off at 9:35...